Real espionage is probably like real computer hacking: far less esoteric than it is often portrayed. A lot of hacking is not so much about...
For how there is water, just have it rain a lot. It's not as if water that flows off the edge has to disappear, since it's on a gas giant and not...
You could realistically emphasize how hot a ball of fire actually is. For example, in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the actor Rick Dalton uses a...
I thought the drums would be an extension of their perfect timing, meaning that they also have perfect rhythm. Maybe they're also tone-deaf, so...
Where does magic come from (favor of the gods, in the air like oxygen, generated by living things, accessed from another dimension)? How does...
Maybe it takes a long time to do the initial transformation, but the effects are permanent, so they can create items that are otherwise impossible...
Depends on what you do with it. It'd be interesting to see as a replacement for traditional magic in a fantasy setting.
The way you describe it, your earth and water mages are only manipulating their elements, not conjuring them. If your water mage can't summon...
Assuming that by "forced" you mean something akin to being coerced with a hostage, it would help if you had an idea of how you want your MC to be...
Normally, it's impossible to overuse your brain to the point that you damage it. However, you can lose touch with reality by focusing on the...
Your elemental magic centers around an external focus, so maybe you could use that as a unifying principle. For example, maybe you could do Beast...
If you're going to be referencing real cases, then I'm going to assume that your story is going to be set in the real world. If you want to make...
I like to do contrasting characters. For example, if I have a male character, now I'll make a female character. If one is brave, the other will...
Not all deformities are genetic. Some are developmental. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, for example, is caused by a pregnant woman consuming alcohol...
That would fit your theme nicely. Maybe he fails to allow his son to make a lesser sacrifice earlier on, failing to trust his son to assess the...
2) Already been said, but create a foil. If you're showing how a father's sacrifice can bolster his son to achieve great heroism, then you can...
Sounds a lot like a Chinese xianxia setting, where people cultivate their inner energy to achieve god-like powers. It's a pretty common setup in...
Orcs, Satyrs, Centaurs, Plant People, and Minotaurs. Orcs: Soulfinding. The ability to literally sniff out the location and quality of nearby...
There are also cursed weapons, which traditionally are unable to be cast aside once equipped. Your protagonist could have a peculiar physiology...
I wasn't necessarily saying that your MC had abandoned his humanity. I was using that more as an exaggeration that even someone who has, like...
